Melanella aethria
| Melanella aethria | |
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| Shell of Melanella aethria (original drawing) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Eulimidae |
| Genus: | Melanella |
| Species: | M. aethria |
| Binomial name | |
| Melanella aethria Melvill, 1918 | |
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Melanella aethria is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eulimidae. The species is one of many species known to exist within the genus, Melanella. [1]
Description
The length of the shell attains 5 mm, its diameter 1.5 mm.
(Original description in Latin) This is a small shell, very slightly translucent, and extremely glossy, with an elongated, spindle-shaped form; it has up to twelve whorls. The two apical whorls are simply heterostrophic; the next three are slender and tail-like, while the remaining whorls are scarcely impressed at the sutures and increase gently in size. The body whorl is approximately equal in length to the three preceding whorls taken together. The peristome is thin, the columella oblique, and the aperture ovate-oblong. [2]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Persian Gulf
References
- ↑ Melanella aethria (Melvill, 1918). 17 August 2026. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ↑ Melvill, J.C. (1918). "Descriptions of thirty-four species of marine Mollusca from the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman and Arabian Sea, collected by Mr. F. W. Townsend". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 9 (1): 143. Retrieved 17 August 2026.
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External links
- <Warén, A. (1980). "Revision of the genera Thyca, Stilifer, Scalenostoma, Mucronalia and Echineulima (Mollusca, Prosobranchia, Eulimidae)". Zoologica Scripta. 9: 187–210.